Turpentine-still.



E. E. QUINKER. TURPENTINE STILL. APPLIOATION FILED D110.11.19o7.

an sraras rpand." carica EDWIN EJQUINKER, or vALnosTA, suoneria.

TURPENTINE-srnin that the wood pulp may be easily discharged.

from its receptacle or container after the turpentine has beenextractedtherefrom without the necessity of removing the pulp receptacle from thestill, and a further object of the invention is an apparatus of thischar' acter which embodies an improved construe tion of steamdistributing device that may be used to assist incleaning out the nlpreceptacle, in addition to its primary unction of thoroughlyimpregnating the wood.

With these and other objectsin view as will more fully appear as thedescription proceeds, the, invention consists in certain constructions,arrangements and combinations o the pants that I shall hereinafter fullydescribe and then point out the novel,

featnres'in the appended claims. f For a full understanding of theinvention reference is to be had tothe following de` scription andwhich: Figure 1 is a vertical section of my. iinproved turpentine still;and, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional'` View thereof on the line 2--2of- Fig. 1. l 1

Corresponding and like parts are referred accompanying drawings, in

to in the following description and indicated in all the views of thedrawings 'by the same reference characters.

Referring tothe drawings, the numeral 1 designates the cylindrical bodyportion of the stillwhich is provided with a preferably removable cover2 secured to the body portion by bolts extending through thecorrespending rings 2, and' 1, a gaskeponpaclg;

' mg 3 being preferably` interposed. The

cover 2 is formed with an openmgthrough which the wood pulp is intendedto be in-` serted into theI still, and said opening is preferably`surrounded by an upstanding.

collar 4 adapted to be engaged. with a rim of the. mamhole cover 5. Thecovert 1s secured 'to a screw rod O. having a' Imagbearing in a yoke T,said yoke beingn Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1907. Serial No. M112;

out. e, 190s. v

I `to lugs on thccfver 2'- at diametrically op ofthe wood pulpreceptacle 10 which is t thereby suspended within the cylindrical bodyportionl and spaced from the walls thereof, theV upper end of' thereceptacle or con ainer beingopen and designed yto receivethe wood pulpinserted through the opening in theunain lid or cover2. The lower end ofthe receptacle 10 is preferably taperedras indicated at 11, and to thelower end of this tapered portion a pipe :12 is secured, said pipeextending downwardly 'through the' body portion of they appara-us andpassing outwardly through a stating box 13`; The 4lower end of the' pipe12 `is ,normally closed by a capl or closure 14 to which a screw rod 15is secured, sind said screw lrod works in a bearing in the stirr p 16hinged to the lower end of the pipe 2, as clearly illustrated in thedrawing.

17 designates a damper or gate valve which is perforated as shown andwhich is positioned `within the upper-end of the pipe 12, said valvebeing secured to the inner endv of a rotatable actuating rod 18extending' outwardly through the side Walls of thebody portion'l andprovided at its outer end with a handle. By turning the rod 18, thevalve 17 may be moved to close the upper end of' the pipe12 in whichposition it con-` stitutes a foraminous or perforated bott/om.

of the pulp receptacle 10, so that til-ie resinP ousA residue maypel-colate through the. valve:

into ,the pipe12 and be drawn o'whenetver desired through thevalvedd'rain cook L) secured inthe cap r closure-14.' When it ,isdesired to blow-out the apparatusrthatf is, clean outthe wood pulp, aswill'bc here-- inafter described, thevvalve 1T is a vertical positionwhere it will` not interthrougl the `cept xthe pulp forced out pipe 12.A worm or coil ,20, a portion oflwhicti is in the form of' an invertedspiral, mountedi'n the lower tapered end 11 of therwoodfreceptacle 10;"said Worm being'provid'iedlwitli l pipe being valve.

' 20 aswell as v charge, itis only a steam inlet pipe 21, which extendsthrough the outer wall of the cylindrical body ortion l. The coil isperforated in all ot its eonvolutions, the orifices distributing thesteam etfectually throt'ighoutthe mass of `wood pulp. In adfilimon tothe coil or worm 20, the steam distributing mechanism includes a hollowvertically disposed shaft 22 which journaled in cross bars 23, 24 andsecured in the receptacle 10, the said shaft being mounted to turnaboutits longitudinal axis and carryin a plurality of superposed.headers 26, eac 1 of which comprises a series of radially extendingperforated arms. 'i'.he upper end of the shaft 22 is secured in a stubshaft 27 which is mounted in the stutiing box 28 and which is'providedwith a -miter pinion 29. This pinion meshes with a corresponding pinion30 on one end of an actuating shaft 31 which receives its motion from.any desired source. of power (not shown). n additionto the pinion 29,the stub shaft 27 may carry a olygonal head 32 so that a wrench or simiar tool may be applied thereto in order to manually turn the shaft. Theshaft 22 projects upwardly from the shaft 27 and has a revolubleconnect'lon, such as that effected by the ball joint.' 33 with the steaminlet pipe 34, said provided with a globe or other form of, valve, asclearly illustrated in the drawings.

35 designates the outlet pi e for the Vapors, said pipe being providedwith a globe 36 designates the steam inlet pipe which enters the bodyportion 1 at the lower end thereof and through which steam is admittedinto the chamber between the body portion 1 and receptacle 1() to assistin maintaining the wood pulp receptacle 10 properly heated.

37 designates a -steam inlet pipe which is secured to the body portionlat such a point as to admit the steam therein and to the wood pulpreceptacle 10.

In. the practical use of my improved turpentine still, the pulp wood tobe acted upon 1s inserted through the kman-hole in the cover 2 anddeposited in the receptacle 10, steam being admitted in the worm or coilthrough the headers 26 and therefore being distributed so as to acteffectively on all the fibers. deem it necessary that the rotated duringthe turpentine eiitracting ,operation, yety o viously, it maybe `eithercontinuously or intermittently turned, if devsired. Whenever itis'de'sired to clear out the still preparatory to inserting anotherecessary to close the pipe 35, open the pulp ischarge pipe 12 and theyvalve d?, and admit steam through the pipe 37, whereupon it is manifestthat the steam' thus admitted will force the pulp out eco,

A downwardly from the lower end of the While, I do notJ through thedischarge pipe12 and clear out the receptacle 10 for the succeedinoperation. At the same time the sha 22 is turned, so as to stir up thewood pulp and dislodge it from the walls of the receptacle 10. It isevident that the headers 26 will perform this function mechanically if'de sired, although should it be found expedient, steam may -be at thistime admitted into the pipe 22 and out through the orifices of 'theseveral headers 26, to assist in molstenmg and loosening up the fibersas the headers stir around m the rece tacle. One of the headers 26, asillustrate is positioned within the coil 2O to stir up the wood pulp inthe coil.

If desired, the entire still may be supported in a suspended conditionby means of an le brackets 38 secured to the cylindrical body pbrtion 1.v

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it l.will be-seen that I have provided an improvedconstruction of turpentine still which enables the operator toetectively` clear' out the receptacle 10 after every operation of thestill, thereby avoiding the customary laborious operation of hoistingthe entire receptacle from the still in order to dump its contents orotherwise extract the pulp from the upper end of the still.

Having thus described the invention7 what isclaimed as new is:

1. A turpentine still, comprising a body portion, an angular ringsecured to the interior` of said boc y portion near the upper end of thelatter, a collar secured to the ring, a

pulp receptacle secured to the collar and suspended thereby within thecylinder, the lower end of the said pulp receptacle being tapered, apulp discharge pipe extending ul) receptacle and extending outthroughpthle .bottom of the body portion, a removable clo sure or theupper end of the body portion, a vapor outlet pipe secured to the bodyportion above the pulp receptacle, and a worm lnounted within the lowertapered end of the pulpreceptacle, said worm being of inverted spiralform and formed in its convolutions with orifices, one end of said wormextending through the cylinder and designed to admit steam into theworm.

2. A turpentine still, comprising a body portion, a pulp receptacle'mounted within said body portion, means for admitting steam to saidreceptacle, a pula discharge pipe connected to said receptac e, andextending out through the bottom of the body portion, and a perforateddamper adapted to control the communication between the receptacle' andthe discharge pipe.

In a turpentine still, the combination of a pulp receptacle, means foradmitting steam to said receptacle, a pulp discharge pipe con- @commei-eri to said receptacle perforated I portion; a pulp reeeptaciemounted within damper adapted to control the communionrien .betwee-thereceptacle anddisehargc pipe$1 -Said damper Being arrangwo be 3.tmjuedecrosshe die'char e pipeaegfwell 'as in japositiou previdefareeopeuing thereirourh@ 4.' turp'entilre still,- eomprisula b odyworden; (air pulp '-receptgmcle mounte finfs' mdy port-ion, means foradmittfiug steani' to' said recpzxe1e,' a pulpdischarge' pipe' eeu-)iiected tosad'receptacle, a perforated dam- Jer ada'pted'to vcontrol heconununicra'ton tween; the receptacle and the discharge 15 pipe, and anoperating rod for saiddamper extendng'ut Vthrough 'the body portion.`

5. A turpentine still comprising a body said body 'port1o11, a dischargepipe connectefd to the lower end of said pulp receptacle,- zmd extendingout through the bottom of the' bodyportiommeans .for admitting steam toepulp receptacle, a closure `for the lower l projecting end' of thedischarge pipe, a draw` o "cock secured to the closure, and aperfoiteg'lduuper mounted lin the upper end of die dischargepipe. l

1n testimony whereofl affix my.s1gnature 41u preeeuce of two wltnesses.

EDWIN E .QUINKER [L, 8.]-

' {Witnesses-Q L. lfMfmsHALL,A .v F. D. Bigginows.

